MK-B | Byzanz: Constantinus X. 1059-1067

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Byzanz: Constantinus X. 1059-1067
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM45/37 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Gold
Obverse	+ KWN BACA - O [ΔOVKAC] [Konstantinos Basileus Doukas]. Constantinus X. Ducas (l.) mit Krone und Stola (loros), in seiner l. Hand ein Globus (sphaira) mit Kreuz, wird von der Jungfrau Maria (r., mit Nimbus) bekrönt. Oben M, im r. F. [Θ].
Reverse	+ IhI XC REX - REGNANTIhm. Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus auf einem Thron (mit gekrümmter Arm- und gerader Rückenlehne) sitzend im Segensgestus, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht.
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Constantinus X Ducas (1059-1067)
Date	1059-1067 High Middle Ages
Denomination	Histamenon Histamenon The term applied to the standard, full-weight gold Byzantine denomination between 963 and 1092 to differentiate from the light-weight gold denomination (nomisma tetarteron). During the reign of Michael IV (1034-1041), the coin began to take a slightly concave shape, with the degree of curvature increasing over time. During the eleventh century, the coin went through various phases of debasement, with the gold content plummeting in the 1080s.
	Gold ; 4,37 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 769 Nr. 2 (datiert 1059-1067); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 361 Nr. 1848.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1861 Friedländer
previous Owner	Benoni Friedländer
Object number	18204124
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